As special counsel Robert Mueller builds his case, relatives of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn are among those pressing the president to use his unique legal power and ‘put these defendants out of their misery.’

Homeless pizzamaker appeals to Macron

Germany

Der Tagesspiegel and Süddeutsche Zeitung had the same idea, both leading with the headline “Hope for Deniz Yücel,” after Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said before a meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday that he hoped the jailed German journalist “will be released in a short time.” Frankfurter Allgemeine led with comments by Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder of the CSU party, that his sister party, Merkel’s CDU, needed to “return to old credibility.” Die Welt took a look at the flu epidemic, particularly whether it’s better to go to work sick, with the headline “Bed or office? That is the question.”

France

Libération’s front page featured an open letter to Emmanuel Macron written by a “pizzamaker without a home,” imploring the French president to investigate homelessness in France after comments by a member of his party that people sleep rough “by choice.” Le Monde looked at threats faced by NATO, including Russia, terrorism and North Korea. Le Figaro profiled Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer as he proposes reforms to the baccalauréat, the exam French students sit after high school.

UK

Many British papers led with a study linking readymade meals and processed foods to a rise in cancer. Many front pages also reported on the “end of era for South Africa” as President Jacob Zuma announced he would quit. Also popular on front pages were more Oxfam reports, as the charity deals with fallout from accusations of sexual misconduct by its workers — the charity last year had to sack the staffer who replaced the disgraced Haiti country director over mismanagement, according to the Times.

Spain

ABC covered the Spanish Civil Guard designating Catalan businessman Jaume Roures a “capital element” in the Catalan separatists’ strategy. La Vanguardía wrote about a plan by Minister of Finance and Public Function Cristóbal Montoro to extend the debt of the autonomous Catalan region. And El País led with Madrid’s preparations for making political decisions in Catalonia as it continues its direct rule over the region.